If a wide definition of subsidies is used, the subsidies granted by the German Länder and their local authorities fell considerably from 65 billion euros in 2000 to (a projected) 61.3 billion euros in 2007. If a narrow definition is used, and arguable cases of subsidization are ignored, the result is similar, with both figures amounting to between 4 to 5 billion euros less. Using a narrow definition, the subsidies granted by the Länder in 2007 amounted to 56.9 billion euros, which roughly equals the amount they received from federal wage income tax revenues. If measured against the nominal gross domestic product (GDP), the subsidies granted by the Länder have decreased steadily by more than a half percentage point since 2000. The proportion of subsidies to GDP has decreased faster in the eastern Länder than in the western Länder, but is nevertheless still twice as high as in the western Länder. Roughly 90 percent of the subsidies are sector-specific subsidies granted to businesses and (semi-)public service businesses. Interestingly, instead of the 61.3 or 56.9 billion euros ascertained by this report, the 21st Official Subsidy Report of the German Federal Government reported that the subsidies granted by the Länder in 2007 amounted to only 12.1 billion euros, a substantially lower amount.